Tag-fastener



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G. N. BUCK.

TAG FASTENER- No. 298,549. Patented May-13, 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,549, dated May 13, 1-884.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE N. BUCK, of Mattoon, in the county of Ooles and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tag-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement on the form of tag-fastener shown in Letters Patent No. 286,112, granted to me under date of October 2, 1883. In said patent I have shown a tag-fastener having two prongs provided with pointed ends, which are bent in the same direction transversely out of the plane of the prongs, and a head or loop for holding a tag, which head or loop is bent transversely out of the plane of the prongs to allow the tag to be turned to a position parallel with the plane of the prongs. In my present invention, instead of turning the head or loop transversely with respect to the plane of the prongs, it is arranged longitudinally with respect thereto, either in the plane of the prongs orin a plane intersecting the plane of the prongs longitudinally. I have modified the construction shown in the said patent, also in other particulars, as will be set forth in the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective and Fig. 4 a side View of the improved tagfastener, showing the head or loop arranged longitudinally instead of transversely with respect to the plane of the prongs. Figs. 2and 5 are similar views showing the points bent at right angles to the plane of the prongs and in opposite directions to each other; and Fig. 3 is a perspective and Figs. 6 and 7 are side and plan views of the tag-fastener, showing the head or loop arranged longitudinally with respect to the plane of the prongs and in a plane intersecting the latter.

A indicates the tag-fastener, formed of a piece of wire doubled upon itself to providea central loop, head, or eye 13, and prongs C O. The head or loop 13 is arranged longitudinally with respect to the plane of the prongs, either in said plane, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, or in a plane intersecting said plane longitudinally,

as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to arrange the loop or eye of a tag-fastener in the plane of the prongs, and I do not mean to claim this in itself. As shown in the drawings, the

or bent in the same direction or in opposite directions transversely out of the plane of the prongs. This feature is partially shown in my patent above named, in that the ends are there shown bent in the same direction transversely out of the plane of the prongs; andI am aware that such pointed ends-have been bent in opposite directions in the plane of the prongs. This latter construction I do not claim. For my purposes it is important that the pointed ends shall be bent transversely out of the plane of the prongs, and I am not aware that this has ever been done before my invention thereof. \Vhere the loop or eye is arranged in the plane of the prongs, as in Figs. 1 and 2, a ticket or tag may be secured thereto by passing the prongs independently through perforations in the tag. Where the eye is turned up'into a plane intersecting the plane of the prongs longitudinally, as shown in Fig. 3, the tag may have but a single perforation, in order that it may swing loosely in the loop to adapt it to turn over easily and display its opposite side in case the roll of cloth should be turned. It is designed that this tag shall be marked the same on both sides, so that if the roll of cloth should be inverted in handling it the tag will swing over to a position suitable for displaying one of its sides without the necessity of turning the roll to make it convenient to read the tag. The shoulders c c in the tag-fastener are designed to spread the prongs near the loop or eye, to prevent any tendency to turn on the part of the fastener when placed in a wide opening, as between a the roll is wound.

What I claim is 1. A tag-fastener having two prongs provided with a loop or eye arranged longitudinally with respect to the prongs, as distinguished from transversely, and having their ends bent transversely out of the plane of the prongs, substantially as shown and described.

2. A tag-fastener having two prongs provided witha loop or eye arranged longitudi nally with respect to the prongs and bent or twisted in a plane intersecting the plane of the prongs, and having their ends bent transversely out of. the plane of the prongs, substantially as shown and described.

GEO. N. BUCK. Witnesses:

SoLoN C. Knnon, JEssE MIDDLETON.

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